Prominent female chess player Judit Polgar retires

YEREVAN, AUGUST 14, ARMENPRESS. Judit Polgar is to retire as a professional chess player at the end of the Olympiad. As reports “Armenpress”, the surprise announcement was made in a brief interview with The Times. Polgar herself was unavailable for comment as she was in preparation for the final round of the Olympiad with her Hungarian team which lies in second place and has a chance for gold in the final round. Polgar has so far contributed as score of 4.5/6 on board 5. It is unclear whether she will play in the final round.

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